Small Cap Correlations

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The correlation of Small Cap is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Small Cap Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Growth and DJI is 0.38 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Cap Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Small Cap Growth. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in manufacturing.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.7AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.81AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.64TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.66TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.68TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.64TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.86TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.69TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.65TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.68TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.68TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.69TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.7NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Small Mutual Fund performing well and Small Cap Mutual Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Small Cap's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.